In most years, by this time, the celebrations of the glorious holidays have long been underway in Gaza. The Gaza Strip is a ...

Faith leaders and residents in Bethlehem are grappling with how to mark the festive holiday while fellow Palestinians ...

Some say that the community is in danger of losing its 1,600-year foothold in the enclave and that it is far from certain ...

As Christmas arrives, the small Christian community in the Gaza Strip is again facing a season mired in war. Once a time ...

This Christmas season, the Christian community in Gaza is spending the holiday mourning incalculable losses amid the ongoing ...

The city of Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, will not have the usual ...

Prior to offering his blessing "urbi et orbi," Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine, the Holy Land, Lebanon and Syria, and in ...

Donald Trump’s top border adviser said the U.S. will bring back family detention. Five journalists were killed in Gaza, a ...

Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in ...

Hanukkah and Christmas give families hope that light conquers ... including seven Americans – still languish as prisoners in Gaza; more than 60 of those hostages are thought to be alive.

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday killed at least 22 people, including five children, ...

During this season, hope and love fill Gaza’s streets and the hearts of its people. It starts in mid-November, when the shops begin to put up their Christmas decorations, including in particular ...